Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-17


ton given by Queen Victoria some of the
costumes are thus described:
Mrs. Henry Horton wore an artistic and
costly gown. The petticoat was Of white
satin, the front breadth of which was en-
broidered with pearl point and the COR
sage hand embroidered, with silver bull
lion. The train from the right shoulder
was four yards long, and composed of
silver brocaded flowers on point de sole,
and lined with turquoise, blue ottoman
silk and reverse of same, upon which were
placed seven clusters of three tips each.
At the center of her corsage was a YER
liable Kohinoor on the left of q huge
diamond crescent. Her hair was beauti-
fully dressed with diamond-headed pins.
The most extraordinary display of jew
els was that made by Lady Lacon. On
the right side of her hair was magnifi-
cent fly veil fastened by three diamond
stars, and in her hair at the nape Of the
neck was diamond bar. Round her
neck were two ropes of pearls, each at
least as large as a good-sized pea, and
then below this and falling far down on
the bust was wonderful diamond neck
lace with q pendant diamond fringe two
inches IN der tn. On the right side of the
corsage was hugh dragon fly, the body
single pearl of enormous size, and be-
tween that and the middle of the corsage
were two diamond stars. In the mid
die of the corsage was diamond arrow
at least five inches in length with large
crescent. In the centre of the left side of
the corsage huge emerald brooch was
surrounded by diamonds, and her train
was fastened to the shoulder by q dia-
mond and emerald star. Her earrings
were screws and as large as hazel nuts.
The display created genuine sensation.
The most magnificent toilette was that
of Mrs. Austin Huntington, a debutante
and wife of the prominent New York
lawyer. The petticoat was of pale yellow
canton crepe, draped most estheticaIly
with clusters of plumes. The train was
four and a half yards long and
of pale yellow satin brocaded with
large flowers in genuine silver bullion, the
right side of the train round and trimmed
with five clusters of three tips each, the
left side square and plain with three tips.
In her hair was white tulle veil and
bouquet of Marechal Mel roses backed
by genuine iValencienRes lace. The dress
was simply beautiful. The ornaments
were diamonds, which were in great pro-
fusion. In q cluster of festhers were
aigrettes of solid silver, and on the left
shoulder were three lemon-colored tips,
also with silver aigrettes. The train was
lined through with yellow satin.
The gorgeous magnifcence of these
costumes is doubtless charming. To the
man whose cash assets have to be tied in
the corner Of bandena handkerchief, to
prevent their being lost in his pocket, it
is most exquisitely appalling. 1t is not
because most of the callers on the Queen
wear the greater portion of their dresses
on the ground, with bare bust and
shoulders, as though they had crawled
half way out of their garments, but be-
cause of the impossibility of the average
mortal being financially able to array his
spouse in such dazzling splendor. A
water bucketful of silver dollars, supple
mented by shot-sackful of gold, is as
much as the most ambitious of US can
hope to spend in arraying our better
halves for any one evening, yet the sum
would not haH dress her in the fashion
able undress fuIl-dress mentioned.